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Ancient Indian architecture ranges from the Indian Bronze Age to around 800 CE. By this endpoint Buddhism in India had greatly declined, and Hinduism was predominant, and religious and secular building styles had taken on forms, with great regional variation, which they largely retain even after some forceful changes brought about by the arrival of first Islam, and then Europeans.
India: A sculpture of a bronze chariot, 45 cm long and 16 cm wide, yoked to two oxen, driven by a man 16 cm high standing in it; and three other bronze sculptures. [30] Southernmost IVC site in India, Late Harappan Phase Desalpur in Nakhtrana Taluka, Kutch District: Gujarat: India
India accepted the convention on 14 November 1977, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] There are 43 World Heritage Sites in India. Out of these, 35 are cultural, seven are natural, and one, Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type, listed for both cultural and natural properties. India has the sixth-most sites worldwide.
Harappan architecture is the architecture of the Bronze Age [1] Indus Valley civilization, an ancient society of people who lived during c. 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE in the Indus Valley of modern-day Pakistan and India.
This is a list of Monuments of National Importance officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the Indian state Andhra Pradesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The monument identifier is a combination of the abbreviation of the subdivision of the list (state, ASI circle) and the numbering as published ...
This article contains lists of Monuments of National Importance in India.. An Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 defines an "Ancient Monument" as follows: [1]. Ancient Monument means any structure, erection or monument, or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock-sculpture, inscription or monolith which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has ...
Megaliths, made of large stones, are man-made structures. Based on the "structural design" megaliths are classified as either monolith or polylithic.: [12] Monolithic structures: are single large stones standing vertically, which have following 2 sub-types. Menhir: are vertically standing stone, usually found across all continents.
In India, caves have long been regarded as sacred places. Caves that were enlarged or entirely man-made were believed to be as sacred as natural caves. The sanctuary in all Indian religious structures, even free-standing ones, was designed to have the same cave-like feeling, as it is generally small and dark, without natural light. [5]